News

A woman from Macau has “most probably” contracted a rare and fatal brain disease after undergoing an operation at a private hospital in Hong Kong in September, the Hong Kong and Macau governments said Thursday. The woman, who is 51, has been diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and is now severely ill in a hospital […]

The Macau Customs Service nabbed eight suspects – three males and five females aged between 20 and 60 – on Wednesday at four souvenir shops in the central and northern districts for allegedly selling various kinds of counterfeit products including mobile phone covers, greeting cards, children’s underwear, soft toys and stationery. Six of the suspects […]

Property prices may be pushed up if the government imposes the “Macau people, Macau land” formula on private land, Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers (MABCD)Chairman Paul Tse See Fan said Wednesday. Tse made the remarks during a press conference at the association’s headquarters in Rua do Campo regarding current hot-button issues such as […]

Identification Services Bureau (DSI) Director Lai Ieng Kit will become the chief-of-cabinet of the Office of Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture-designate Alexis Tam Chon Weng, an informed source told The Macau Post Daily Thursday. Tam is the outgoing chief-of-cabinet of the Chief Executive Office and chief government spokesperson. Tam will succeed Secretary for Social […]

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io insisted Tuesday that his policy guidelines for next year were in line with those of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, stressing that he had talked to Chui on several occasions about when to resume the application process for public housing. According to The Macau Post […]

Wan Kuok-koi, also know as “Broken Tooth”,  walked free from jail Saturday after being locked up for nearly 14 years for a string of crimes in Macau  during the 1990s. At 6.50am Wan, 57, emerged from the Coloane jail and headed quickly in a car. According to the South China Morning Post he appeared briefly […]

The government’s vowed Thursday that it would submit a bill to the legislature to deal with medical malpractice by the end of the year. Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Cheong U made the promise in the legislature’s hemicycle THursday. Cheong, accompanied by senior officials of his policy portfolio, was in the legislature to answer […]

Public Security Police (PSP) Commissioner Lei Siu Peng proposed Tuesday that a scheme should be set up where mobile phone users – regardless as to whether they are residents or tourists– should register when buying any subscriber identity modules (SIM) cards. Lei was at the Legislative Assembly (AL) during the second and final day of […]

Secretary for Security Cheong Kuoc Va said Monday that immigration officials strictly follow regulations before denying anyone entry into Macau. Cheong made the remarks during Monday’s plenary meeting discussing his portfolio’s 2013 policy guidelines in the legislature’s hemicycle. Responding to some lawmakers’ criticisms that the Macau Security Forces (FSM) have been repeatedly abusing their power […]